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* Aurora and Northstar, [[Half-Identical Twins]] with flight, [[Super Speed]] and the ability to generate intense light [[Wonder Twin Powers|when they touch]].
* Box, a [[Humongous Mecha|robot suit of armor that could carry its pilot inside]] (and thus a 'box'.)
* Marina, a [[Cute Monster Girl|humanoid fish-girl]] that was raised by humans.
* Puck, a [[Small Person]] and [[Badass Normal]] (named after a hockey puck--he's small, fast, and hard).
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* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: Sasquatch fits the ''Mythical Monster Motif'' type while Snowbird fits the ''All Animal Abilities'' type.
* [[Animorphism]]: Snowbird's best-known ability is to turn into an albino female version of any animal. Her favorite is a human-sized owl.
* [[Back
** After [[The Incredible Hercules|Chaos War]], all dead members of Alpha Flight are back.
** [[Like a Badass Out of Hell]]: Puck, who apparently died somewhere between return of his dead teammates and start of the new series. He went to Hell, and teamed up with Wolverine to escape, but only Logan managed to get out, while Puck slayed demon who imprisoned him and took his place. And upon learning his teammates may be in trouble, he immiediately gave it up to return and save them.
* [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]]: Sasquatch
* [[Body Backup Drive]]: The handicapped Robert Bochs has a robot body called Box which he can transfer into and out of at will. During one story arc when Walter Langkowski (Sasquatch) dies his consciousness is transferred to Box until they can find him a new body. They think they found one out in deep space, but it turns out that it's [[The Hulk]]. Langkowski decides to let his soul dissipate.
* [[Body Horror]]: Scramble the Mixed-Up Man used his powers to create these, the last of which was Omega, a fusion of himself and Roger Bochs. It was just... messy.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Puck.
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* [[Remote Body]]: In early issues Handicapped [[Gadgeteer Genius]] Roger Bochs had a robot called Box that he control with a neural interface helmet.
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: Notably averted. Aurora would wear a scarf with one of her more revealing costumes during winter/arctic missions. However, the blue scarf visually clashed with the white-and-yellow costume, and at least once a villain tried to strangle her with it.
* [[Sharpened to a Single Atom]]: Nemesis carries a sabre whose blade is only a single molecule thick.
* [[Split Personality]]: Aurora. Whooo boy. At her ''least complicated'', she is split between a free-spirited [[Femme Fatale]] who loves her mutant powers and being a superhero ("Aurora"), and a stuffy schoolmarm who would rather lead a quiet life teaching and is religious to the point of bigotry against her own brother Northstar ("Jeanne-Marie"). However, villains who treat this as a weakness learn not to make that mistake twice. Once Jeanne-Marie conceded to helping Alpha Flight, her unique perspective came in handy a few times, and she had energy powers that even Aurora was unaware of.
* [[Team Mom]]: After Mac's apparent death, Heather was chosen as the new leader for this very reason, even though she was still a civilian (she didn't become Guardian till later).
* [[Third Line, Some Waiting]]: [[Fish People|Fish girl]] and Newfoundlander Marrina spent more time in her own subplot than on the team. Most readers know her better as an honorary Avenger and [[Sub-Mariner|Namor's wife]] whom he had to kill when her alien powers spiraled out of control.
* [[Took a Level
* [[UST]]: Wolverine with both Snowbird and Heather. However, both ladies figured legitimately into his backstory before [[Expansion Pack Past|Wolverine]] [[Wolverine Publicity|Mania]] started getting out of hand. Heather helped calm him down after the adamantium procedure, while he and Snowbird shared a mutual attraction during his time on the team.
* [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head|Wearing The Maple Leaf As Your Costume]]: While Guardian (and later Vindicator) wore a unique battle-armor based on the Canadian flag, the entire team would later adorn similar Maple Leaf-themed costumes in the early-to-mid 90s.
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